Bruce Catton on Social Security changes facing 1940s
Bruce Catton outlines looming changes to the Social Security act as Congress moves to a streamlined system. He notes projected annual expenditures rising to 814 million by 1945, payroll tax adjustments delaying increases to 1944, and shifting benefit calculations from wage history to average wages. He warns the reserve fund could grow, yet long term deficits may appear, while January payments begin for about 40 million Americans.
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Washington
Congress
House Ways and Means Committee
Congress Lg i
Busness
Treasury Department
King's Liner Delayed by Fog on Canada Visit
The Empress of Australia carrying King George VI and Queen Elizabeth was slowed by dense fog off Quebec. The royal visit to Ottawa in mid May was shortened by one day as the liner and escort drifted, delaying plans and forcing Prime Minister Mackenzie King to announce the cutback.
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King George
Queen Elizabeth
Quebec
Glasgow
Southampton
Ottawa
MacKenne King
Union Shop Adopted in Appalachian Coal Strike Endgame
Fifteen of twenty one bituminous coal unions in the Appalachian conference signed a union shop pact with United Mine Workers CIO paving the way for up to 300000 miners to return to work. Southern operators opposed but many joined. pay scales and 35 hour week remained unchanged. The six year old body, representing 180 union and 150 management delegates, controls much of the nation’s coal supply and faced a tentative approval vote after executive session.
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New York
Jin &. Lewis
United Mine Wrews
CIO
Wea
Jokg L
Awin'c
B-O
Lewis’ Authority
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Nou
North
Building in Which First Mixed Jury Met Destroyed
In Laramie Wyoming the building housing the world s first partly female jury session is torn down. The 1922 tablet notes women served on juries after suffrage laws passed. Six women were summoned for the grand jury. The event drew international attention and marked a milestone in women s civic participation. May 8 1999 marked the Farm Extension Service anniversary.
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Laramie
Far West
Wiliam
Prussia
Granl
New York
Daylight Saving Time Questioned by LA Merchants
In Little Rock the Capital Avenue Merchants association reports 5200 votes for daylight saving time and 446 against over two and a half days. They plan to seek Mayor Sutterfield’s proclamation to set official time to one hour ahead at midnight June 1.
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Little Rock
Capital Avenue
Sutterfield
P. G. Keebey
Association
Ballolg
Guttridge Furniture Company
West Capital
Keehey
Mainstreet
Capitol Avenue
Suterfield
Keebey
Satterfield
Live Rock
Ed J. McKinley Jr
Keohes Suldl
Hope High Band Wins Regional Honors in Class B Meet
Three Hope High School band members earned top awards at the southern regional Class B contest in Lite Rock. J T Luck achieved superior in the Wombene solo while Wallace Van Sickte and William Rowton earned excellent in the cornet and trumpet solo and saxophone contest respectively. Hope placed fourth in both the woodwind trio and quintet, with the tin complex members named. The two day event includes a marching contest at 7 15 Saturday night with ten bands from Hope Magnolia Texarkana McGehee Dewitt Stuttgart and others.
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Hope High School
Lite Rock
Bend
J. T. Luck
Wallace van Sickte
William Rowton
Associated Press
Little Rock
Hope
Martha Ann Alexander
Dewell Dempsey
Marion Smith
Marjorie Dildy
Carolyn Barr
Wallace Beene
Clauss
Tol Stant
Magnolia
Texarkana
McGehee, Dewitt and
Suttgartenge Oa
Johnson Is Given Stay of Execution
In Little Rock Governor Bailey granted an eighty five day stay to Clarence Bill Johnson who was sentenced to be executed for the kidnapping and murder of Hiden Cadley in Hot Springs. Also named for execution Friday is Alfred Pug Dickson but the governor offered no comment on his case indicating possible non intervention and leaving open a commute to life imprisonment. Local officials urge commuting Johnson’s death sentence while noting Johnson’s minor troubles and possible influence by Dickson.
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Little Rock
Bailey
Clarence
Bill) Johnson
Tucker Congret Farm
Hiden Cadley
Hot Springs
Alfred
Pug) Dickson
Dickson Gwadl
Ao : Dickson
Isiul Dhe Wakelin
John Dickson
Wakelin
Pug" Dickson
Earl Witt
Marion Anderson
Atorney Curtis L. Ridgeway
Jay Rowland
Johnson
Capitol
Judge Witt
Pug" Dick
Couley
Cooley
Ayly
Animal Life Turns Vermilion Sea Red Tomato Soup Claim
In La Jolla California Dr W M Johnson of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography explains the Vermilion Sea color comes from concentrated nocutiluca marine animals. He notes the water can thicken to tomato soup like consistency during blooms, revising the silt explanation.
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La—Jolla
Calif
Gulf of California
Man run over by roller survives in Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Washington Hagman a 24 year old farmer was run over by a heavy farm roller. While the team drawing it frightened the roller pressed him face down into soft ground. He suffered only bruises with foam in his eyes and mouth and left a perfect imprint in the soil.
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Mount Vernon
Wash
Nornan Hayman
Hagman
Dr Arthur Fox to Preach at First Baptist Hope
Dr Arthur Fox of Morristown Tennessee will preach at both services Sunday at First Baptist church Hope. A former pastor from 1907 to 1914 and noted evangelist, he arrives Saturday afternoon en route to the Southern Baptist convention in Oklahoma City. He will stay with De G Cannon, is joined by son Paul Fox, and daughter Sarah Fox Eddleman, a missionary in Palestine.
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Arthur Fox
Morristown
Tennessee
First Baptist
Fox
Focal Church
First Baptist Church
Hope
Southern Baptist Convention
Oklahoma City
Convention City
Willian
Hamilton
de. G. &. Cannon
Sarah Fox Eddleman
Dr. Fox
Southern Baptist
Palestine
Paul Fox
Mind Your Manners Otm Reg Vs Pat 04
A reading on social usage questions tests proper introductions and forms. It asks which greeting is correct when introducing two people and how to handle uncertain paired introductions among men and women.
New Army Chief Like Stonewall Jackson in Strategy
Brig. Gen. George C. Marshall, newly named army chief of staff, is hailed as a soldier’s soldier with a morale focus. The article links him to Stonewall Jackson and Forrest, outlines his Meuse-Argonne drive planning, and notes his quiet, vigorous demeanor and deep ties to the Illinois and Massachusetts National Guards.
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Stonewall Jackson
Bruce Catton
Washington
George C. Marshall
U. S
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Brazil
Marshall
Montreras
Germany
Congress
National Guard
Illinois National Guard
Massachusetts Guard
Pershing
U. S. Army
General Marshall
Army
AFLFB
West Pointer
Virginia Military Institute
Philippines
Infantry Cavalry School
Fort Leavenworth
Army Staff College
Fort
George Marshall
Protest Stopping of Polish Service in Danzig
Poles in free city of Danzig protested to the Nazi controlled senate against Friday night’s memorial for Polish hero Joseph Pilsudski. The senate forbade the gathering fearing it might cause trouble and halted the planned services.
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Free City OF Danzig
Poland
Danzig
Senate
Joseph Pilsudski
Ford Caravan Arrives Monday Display at Hope Auto
Tom Mellarty, manager of Hope Auto, announced the Ford commercial and truck caravan will be on display Monday, May 15, from 3 until noon. Units include special bodies and chassis for trucks, school buses, commercial jobs, and a Lincoln Zephyr ambulance. K. G. Berry of the Ford factory will be in charge of the caravan.
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Tom MelLarty
Hope Auto Company
Ford
McLarty
K. G. Berry
Pord
Thought God writes the gospel on nature, says Luther
A quotation attributed to Luther notes that God reveals the gospel not only in scripture but also in trees, flowers, clouds, and stars, suggesting nature serves as a divine sign of spiritual truths.
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God
Man
Luther
Cotton market opens and closes with modest gains
Cotton prices in New Orleans opened Saturday at 8.77 and closed at 8.80 bid with 8.87 asked. The spot price finished with a seven point gain, middling quality at We7.
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New Orleans
Spot Cotton
Brother of Hope Woman in Crash Killed in Benton
Herbert B. Womack, 2, a Benton man and brother of Mrs. Lawrence Martin of Hope, died in a Benton highway crash early Friday. Miss Shvilda McClain 24 and Miss Pris Allen 22 of Malvern also died. James H. Hocker Smith Benton survived with minor injuries. The car struck a truck trailer, tearing apart the chassis. Funeral for Womack set for 4 p.m. Saturday at the Benton Presbyterian Church.
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Herbert B. Womack
Benton
Lawerence Martin
Hope
Martin
Shvilda McClain
Pris Allen
Malvern
James H. Hockersmith
Segno
Tex
Lawrence Martin
Carl Richards
Margaret Frances Womack
George’s trip packing list and a riddle prompt
A boy named George packs for a trip with five shirts three Sills of Underwear six ties and a cover His mother says one less tie so he removes one but adds three handkerchiefs The passage then asks to cover up the upper half of the problem and to turn to page two to see if everything is understood
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George
Book on The Man Who Killed Hitler Triggers California Incident
In Bakersfield California a publisher tied to the book The Man Who Killed Hitler was found shot dead in an incomplete house after earlier threats. An anonymous caller demanded the author’s name and warned the crime would improve if the book ceased. Authorities report prior warnings and threatening communications.
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Bakersfield
Cail. Fy
Gaged
George Palmer
Pat Hollywood
Amelia Earhart
North Hollywood
Putman
Hitler
Angeles
Rothschild Freed After Nazi Detention in Vienna
Louis Rothschild, linked to the Austrian branch of the Rothschild banking family, was released after 13 months in Gestapo custody. He had fled to Zurich following arrest, amid Austria’s annexation, and previously led the Credit Anstalt during its collapsed years.
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Mienna
Baron 9 Louchild
Vienna
Heoner
Ton
Austria
Immiedi
Zurich
Switzerland
Pole Hotel
Kurt Schuschnigg
London
Paris
Louis
Baron Eugene Rothschild
Duke of Windsor
Louis Rothschild
Credit Onstalt
Aftria
Rothschild
Amoy International Settlement Occupied by Japanese
Japanese troops occupied the Amoy International Settlement on Friday, rounding up Chinese suspected of anti Japanese activity. Formosan agents led the house to house searches in the 1.5 square mile foreign quarter. The move followed the slaying of Hung Li Hui, Amoy Chamber of Commerce president, and drew a warning that similar actions may occur in Shanghai.
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Shanghai
Kulyangsu International
Amoy
China
Hung ‘Li-Hui
Amoy Chamber of Commerce
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Dey Arthur Fox
Mr. Brown
Mrs. Smith
Miss Gray
Mr. Black
Mrs.McDougal
Mrs. O'Brieny
Gen. Geo. Marshall
Pilsudski
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